Accession Number | H06013 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 2461 Sapper (Spr) James Lawrence Abbott. A salesman from Brighton, Victoria ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2461 Sapper (Spr) James Lawrence Abbott. A salesman from Brighton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Spr Abbott embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 2nd Field Company Engineers from Sydney on RMS Mooltan on 11 December 1915. On 23 July 1916, aged 19, he was killed in action and a memorial cross was erected in the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. Having no known grave he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.